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Weltethos: Psst,… the Germans are coming!
Weltethos: Psst,… the Germans are coming! by Thorsten Pattberg BEIJING – Multimillionaire and German philanthropist Karl Schlecht visited China’s leading institute of higher education, Peking University (PKU), together with prominent ethicists Professor Klaus Leisinger and Professor Josef Wieland, paving the way and discussing with eminent Confucian scholar and Peking University Professor Tu Weiming and his [...]
Josef Wieland: The Rules of the (Business) Game
Josef Wieland: The Rules of the (Business) Game PEKING UNIVERSITY – Prof. Dr. Wieland spoke today on international ‘Standards, Concepts, and Best Practice in Business.’ March 26, 2013, Moonlight Hall, Yingjie Exchange Center, PKU. ”Business ethics is real; it is applied ethics.” “We have to overcome the old-fashioned ‘university is not business, business is business’-thinking.” “Transcultural [...]
Wasim Hussain – The China-Man of Frankfurt Airport
Wasim Hussain – The China-Man of Frankfurt Airport FRANKFURT -Germany’s International Airport Frankfurt has an unusual celebrity: It’s Wasim Hussain, Personal Shopper, who was hired by Fraport, the airport management, to assist Chinese tourists on their shopping spree. There are 1 million of them passing through the airport – there might be twice that number [...]
Peking University: World Ethics Institute launched!
Peking University: World Ethics Institute launched! by Thorsten Pattberg The Who’s Who of Global Ethics and Global Business Ethics met in Beijing on Oct 29th to celebrate the inauguration of WEIB – World Ethics Institute Beijing. The establishment of the World Ethics Institute of Peking University, which will be affiliated to the Institute for Advanced [...]
The Küng of Global (Business) Ethic
The Küng of Global (Business) Ethic by Thorsten Pattberg BEIJING- A lot of spiritual leaders come up with fancy new “word creations” and sell them as international brands, as the latest philosophy, as the next big universalism that encompasses all existing predecessors. This Hans Küng with his “Weltethos” (English: World Ethic), however, could be unitary different: he [...]
Japans Abstieg – Korea bald reicher als Japan?
Japans Abstieg: Bald nur noch Mittelmacht? Korea reicher als Japan? BEIJING/TOKYO – Es ist offiziell: Koreas Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf wird in den nächsten fünf Jahren an Japan vorbeiziehen. Singapur, Hong Kong, und Taiwan sind schon reicher, seit 1993, 1997, und 2010. Japan ist unregierbar, wettert Frau Makiko Tanaka, Abgeordnete im Unterhaus. Sie hat ja recht. [...]